Superman #423
DC Comics
United States.
- Published
- September 1986
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
-
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/41810
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Credits
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz, Editor
- E. Nelson Bridwell, Consulting Editor
- Tom Condon, Managing Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Bizarro; Prankster; Toyman; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Metallos; Legion of Super-Heroes (obscured)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller [signed]
- Murphy Anderson, inker [signed]
- Colours
- Anthony Tollin, colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (DC, 1997 series) #[nn] ([February] 1997)
- DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (DC, 2006 series) #[nn] ([March] 2006)
- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([September] 2009)
- Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #79 (1987)
- Alan Moore Et univers uten grenser [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2007 series) #[nn] ([april] 2007)
- DC Universe by Alan Moore (DC, 2012 series) #[nn] ([May] 2012)
- DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #65 ([Mai 2016])
- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition (2020 Edition) (DC, 2020 series) #[nn] (2020 [February 2021])
- DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (DC, 2021 series) #[nn] (2020 [February 2021])
- DC Heroes & Villains Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2021 series) #39 ([February] 2021)
- DC Universe by Alan Moore (DC, 2013 series) #[nn] (February 22, 2013)
Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
Cover art is an homage to the cover of Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Metropolis Mailbag
- Code
- S-4826
Credits
- Writing
- E. Nelson Bridwell, scripter [credited]
- Art
- José Luis García-López, penciller
- , inker
- Text
- , typeset
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (DC, 1997 series) #[nn] ([February] 1997)
Synopsis
Recapping the Superman series from it's early days to this, the final issue.
Notes
Inside front and back covers; no letters.
2"This is an IMAGINARY STORY (which may never happen, but then again may) about a perfect man who came from the sky and did only good."
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- S-4617
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane Elliot; Tim Crane; Jonathan Elliot; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro; Lana Lang; Pete Ross (deceased); Prankster; Toyman [Winslow Schott]; Lex Luthor; Brainiac; Metallo; Perry White; Alice White; Krypto; Kryptonite Man; Legion of Super-Heroes [Supergirl; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]]
Credits
- Writing
- Alan Moore, scripter
- Art
- Curt Swan, penciller
- George Pérez, inker
- Colours
- Gene D'Angelo, colourist
- Text
- Todd Klein, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (DC, 2006 series) #[nn] ([March] 2006)
- Superman: "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" DVD Issue (DC, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006)
- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([September] 2009)
- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (DC, 1997 series) #[nn] ([February] 1997)
- Klassiker der Comic-Literatur (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2005 series) #1 (2005)
- Superman Taschenbuch (Egmont Ehapa, 1976 series) #79 (1987)
- Supermann (Semic, 1985 series) #12/1986 (uke 52 1986)
- Alan Moore Et univers uten grenser [Alle Tiders Superhelter] (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2007 series) #[nn] ([april] 2007)
- Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #110 (mars 1987)
- DC Universe by Alan Moore (DC, 2012 series) #[nn] ([May] 2012)
- Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition (2020 Edition) (DC, 2020 series) #[nn] (2020 [February 2021])
- DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (DC, 2021 series) #[nn] (2020 [February 2021])
- DC Heroes & Villains Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2021 series) #39 ([February] 2021)
- DC Universe by Alan Moore (DC, 2013 series) #[nn] (February 22, 2013)
Synopsis
Tim Crane interviews Lois Lane Elliot about Superman’s final days on the 10th anniversary of his disappearance. Lois relates how Bizarro suddenly became murderous, then the Toyman and the Prankster attacked revealing Superman’s secret identity, and finally a group of Metallos attacked the Daily Planet. In response, Superman took his closest friends to the Fortress of Solitude for protection. As Brainiac took over Luthor's body and recruited the Kryptonite Man, the Legion of Super-Heroes accompanied by Supergirl visited Superman and presented him with a statuette.
Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story continues in ACTION COMICS #583.
Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #28.
Indicia
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